Jews over six times more likely to be targets of hate crimes than other faith group, CAA analysis of home office stats shows

An analysis by Campaign Against Antisemitism of new Home Office statistics released this week shows that Jews are more than six times likelier to be targets of hate crimes than any other faith group, as figures reach record numbers.

Police forces across the country record hate crimes against Jews as religious hate crimes, and these records show that in the year 2022/23, 1,510 hate crimes were committed against Jews, making Jews the target in 19% – almost one in five – of the total number of religious hate crimes.

These figures, which exclude Devon and Cornwall, mean that there is an average of over four hate crimes directed at Jews every single day in England and Wales. Hate crimes against Jews are also still widely believed to be under-reported, and also do not reflect the extent of antisemitic material and abuse on social media.

However, when one accounts for the miniscule size of the Jewish population, it emerges that Jews are statistically more than six times more likely to be the targets of hate crimes than any other religious group, with some 557 hate crimes per 100,000 of the Jewish population in 2022/23.